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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Altenew’s 4th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

Hey everyone! We have a triple threat here today with Lydia, Iliana and Ilina to help celebrate the Altenew 4th anniversary.

At My Sweet Petunia, we love and respect our friends at Altenew, and could not be more excited to help wish them a happy anniversary today! We remember with fondness when Altenew came out of the gate with incredibly unique designs, and can't believe how time has flown!

We have done our best to hit the high points of Altenew's uniqueness today, and have each chosen products that point to some of their unique styles - so enjoy!

First up - Iliana, with what Altenew has always been known for - stunning florals! Look at this bold, graphic rose! This is one of their incredible layering stencil sets called Watercolor Bouquet.

An ink blended background really makes the scene pop.

To preserve the color in the floral image, she embossed it with a sparkly embossing powder before ink blending the blue background.

Hi everyone, it's Ilina and I have a card to share and a little review (in the video) of the Mini Blossom die cutting machine. For my card I used the Peony Build-a-flower stamps and dies, and using my MISTI I stamped the flowers and leaves, die cut them and set them aside. I die cut the Layered Madallions A from black card stock and adhered to my black card base. When dry, I arranged the flowers and adhered. Stamped the sentiment on black card stock and embossed with Detail white embossing powder. To finish off my card I added white Nuvo Crystal drops , sparkle pen and some Crystal Lacquer on the flowers.

Watch the video below to see how this card came to be.

Lydia here. I fell in love with Altenew's modern art sets from day 1. They've always settled into that part of my heart reserved for all the amazing museums I used to go to when I lived in New York. There's something New York-y about their approach to some of their more graphic sets, so that's what I chose today.

I started with watercolor paper and two of my favorite Altenew sets - Bad Days Happen and Coffee With a Splash. I stamped the images in black, and then just did loose watercolor washes in the background, and used those same colors with more intensity on the cup, leaving a little white space for highlights. I think we can all agree that coffee makes everything better. Or if you're me - coffee OR tea - I love both.

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 5 lucky winners. There are also 13 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Be sure to leave comments by April 15th, 2018 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 30 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 17th, 2018.

Gorgeous cards ladies! Altenew stamps and the Misti tool are such perfect companions with all of the gorgeous layering stamps. Thank you My Sweet Petunia for your generous prize as part of this fun hop!

I bought my first layered stamp set but could never line anything up, so I never bothered to buy another one again, even through I love layered stamp sets. Thank you soo much for the misti! It has changed everything. Thanks so much!

Gorgeous cards all. I love how the pretty flowersreally pop off a black BG on Ilina's card. Love theadded sparkle to Iliana's and the artsiness of Lydia's.Thank you so much for generously giving a Misti to alucky crafter.

I totally LOVE the MISTI! I teach stamping classes, and I don't know how I ever did it without the MISTI! (Well, yeah, I do, but I remember how many times I had to give someone an extra piece of paper because they messed up, too.) It IS the Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented! It makes every card turn out beautifully, just like your sample!

What wonderful cards! Altenew has such a unique group of floral stamps and dies, just gorgeous. I love my MISTI from the very early days when you were selling out of your home. Never thought to use it to line up my card fronts, but will be doing that from now on. Great collaboration of MISTI and Altenew. Looking forward to seeing more wonderful posts.

Beautiful cards ladies I love how each one is so different and unique. MISTI is my go to product for just about every project and my blocks are cozy in a corner but they are happy. I was ready to quit stamping altogether at one point because I was making invites to a baby shower and would have a perfect stamp outside just to mess up on the inside and I was done. I did not stamp anything else until I got the MISTI and then I was a crazy card lady for a bit.

What a great collaboration, the greatest stamping platform with some of the greatest stamp sets out on the market. Thank you to the both of you for your wonderful products. They bring such joy to the artistic world. Take care everyone

I hope you mom does well with her surgery. If it's knee replacement, it's a grueling recovery, but well worth it (according to everyone I know!). Ilina's card is wonderful, I wish there was a way to show the texture from the cover die. And I love the sentiment of Lydia's card---today was one of those days for me, and I needed to be reminded! Thanks to all!

Iliana, your rose card is amazing! That bold graphic rose is gorgeous! Thanks for the tip about embossing the rose so you could ink the background. Ilina, I think your card is my favorite...those flowers on that black background is so stunning. Adding the white Nuvo drops is a small detail, but boy does it ever add to the card! Lydia, your coffee cup card is just so cute...your watercolor wash is really pretty and makes that cup just pop off the card. Thank you all for sharing your awesome creativity with us!!

Iliana, Ilina and Lydia, your cards are all that I have come to expect, just wonderful. Altenew certainly gives us lots to work with, their products are amazing.Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards ladies.

I'm sure your mother will enjoy the gorgeous card you made for her. I hope she has a speedy recovery. Both cards are amazing. I love the card on the black background. The flowers jump off the page. Thanks for sharing.

Such wonderful cards and all so different! I love the sparkle of the embossing powder-such a pretty card. The flowers on the second really pop against the black background-lovely! I love the watercolor background on the third-wonderful.